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SPECIFICATION f01mi11g-part 0f Letters Patent NO. 634,092, dated October 3,1899.

Application tiled Alpril 7, 1898. Serial No. 676,734. (No model.)

v zen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, (BrooklynJcounty of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful'mproveinents in Car- Fenders', of which the following is a specification.

My invention has Vrelation to car-fenders,- and especially to that class which is employed in street or surface cars Aand usually calledf life-saving fenders; but my improvements may be adopted on fendersfor vehicles of any kind Whereon they could be utilized to advantage. Y

The object-s of my invention are to provide a simple,- cheap, effective', and easily-operating means for controlling the movements ofl the fender from the car-platform, holding the fender securely until occasion requires it to be dropped, and then permitting its instant release, and to supply means for holding the fender against the action of its springs when necessary to detach the fender from' the car. l To accomplish these objects vand to secure other advantages in construction, operation, and use, my improvements involve certain new and useful arrangements or combinations of parts and peculiarities of constructiompas will be herein first fully described Aand then pointed out in the claims. A

In the accompanyingY drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical side view, partly in section, showing my improvedffender mounted lupon a street-car and in the position in which it ordinarily travels -that is, with the lower end free from the road-bed. Fig. 2 is a corresponding plan view of the same, portions being broken out or away to better expose some features of the construction. Fig. Sis a sectional elevation of a fragment, showing the pedal and its lock by which the fender is held and released.

In all the' iigures like letters of reference, whereverthey occur, indicate corresponding parts.

A A are side bars of proper size and shape for supporting the fender, the same being connected by the fender-axle and by any suitable vcross-bar, as B.L The'side bars enter suitable sockets, as C C, with which the car is supplied, being easily removable therefrom when required to shift the fender from one end o'f the car tothe other or for other purposes, and the side bars arel maintained against accidental displacement by suitable cross-pins,

The fender-fram e swings slightlyon the side bars AA, being connected therewith by a 'lowered upon it. Ordinarily the fender trav- Tels in about the position and relation indicated in Fig. l. It is held in this position (against the action of the springs to be hereinafter referredv tolthrough the medium of suitable bars, as E `lliapplied to its upper f "end and lthroughthe pedal-shaft F. The` bars'y E E are located one on one side and the other on the other side of bar B and they join at the bottom, substantially as shown, so as to form a bearing for the pedal-shaft. Nhen the pedal-shaft is pushed down, as it may be by the foot of the ldriver or motorman, it ef- "fects the lowering of the upper end ot1 the 'fender `(thus raising. the lower end) and com- It should be locked ment with the notch in the shaft until purposely disengaged. The latch and its spring are located in a box, preferably of metal, which may be let into' the iioor of the platform, so that itsrupper part will not form an obstruction on the floor, and the cover of this box isrmade removable, as indicated, and is vprovided with a curved slot, through whichv the tongue d may project. The tongue is to be moved by the foot of the driver or motorman, and the instant it is moved the pedalshaft will be released and-the springs G will depress the lower end of the fender in the manner required, all of which will be easily understood.

While shifting the fender the spring G should be held in compressed position; otherwise it would be diiicult to readjust or relo-ry loirvv cate the fender. I therefore supply the crossbar B with any suitable forni of hook, as Il, the same being arranged to ride upon the cross-bar when the car and fender are in use, but ready to be turned up and engaged with the upper bar I of the fender before the fender is detached from the car. Torrelease theV fender, the pedal is depressed slightly, the hook H turned u p toV engaging position, Vthe bolt or pin awithdrawn, and the pedal-shaft lifted ont Vof engagement with Vthe ends o f bars E E. Y

In the lower pai-tof the fender is ashaft K, which with its covering constitutes a roller for contact with the pavementror road-bed when the fender is forced to swing down far enough. VThis shaft is covered with rubber or equivalent yielding substance 0f considerable thickness., as indicated at L, and consequently Contact' of theroller with the road-V bed willV always be yielding, so that the fenxder will not be damaged, anfd the roller enables the fender to pass over unyielding ob-I jects with greater Jfacility and with 1n uch less shockV than would result from 'the use of a` rigid bar at this part of the device. Y Y

Along the lower front edge of the fender and projecting overrroller L is aV shield M. This is made of sheet metal, so as to afford a meansV of closer contact with the Vroad-bed thanis possible with any form of roller, the intention and effect of the construction being that the shield shall ride beneath any object however small andforee the same to a position on the fender. Thus, for instance, a childs hand would be raised by the shield, Whereas itwould only be damaged by any form of device which couldpass over it. The

Vthe fender. This covering'is easily applied maybe at once dismounted. Therods O may Y Y then be easily Withdrawn from the netting and the latter replaced by a new'one, if desired. This does not require that the fender soV be left atlrthe shops forV repairs, as isV ordi- Y Y narily necessary, but may be Veasilyracc'om- Vplished by the carmen at any time desired.

The fender constructed and arranged sub- Y stantially in accordance with the foregoing explanations will befound to answer all the purposesV or objects of ously set forth;

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the inventionprevi-V Y Y Y Y Having nowrfully described my invention, what VI claim as new herein, and desire to se-V l. In combination with'the pedal-shaft notched as explained and passing through the car-platform, the hinged latch, latch-spring and projecting tongue, theV Ylatch Vand latch-Y Pnt-1R NiLssoN.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, MARTIN WITZELL. 

